"I'm not into politics. I'm into survival."

“From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.”

“Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. Justice requires that we carefully weigh rights and privileges and assure that each member of a community receives his due share. Love does not weigh rights and privileges too carefully because it prompts each to bear the burden of the other.”

“When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.”

“There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.”

“When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.”

“As you get older, the assumption is you get wiser. I try to earn it by not staying still, not resting on laurels. A lot of people in other professions are retired at my age. I care about music more than ever.”

“Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.”